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pretension

Who acts: pretension, She, lord, you · What happens: be, not be, make, have, ignore · To what, where: claim, show, pretensions, princess, servant

«pretension» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: pretension in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pretension is a claim to be or to have something, often one that is not really true.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pretension	det
2	pretension	pretension	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claim	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 claim	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 claim	det
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 have	cop
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 have	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 claim	acl
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 have	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	14 one	advmod
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 something	appos
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 true	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 true	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 true	advmod
18	really	really	ADV	_	19 true	advmod
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 claim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pretension	a claim					tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive						have property	tree rules
3	not is	present						true property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

A pretension is a show of being grand or important.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pretension	det
2	pretension	pretension	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 show	det
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 grand	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 grand	cop
8	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 show	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 important	cc
10	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grand	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pretension	a show					tree rules
2	is	gerund						grand property	tree rules
3	be								tree rules

Example 1

She made pretensions to be a princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pretensions	pretension	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	7 princess	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 princess	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	pretensions					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pretension=Product
2	is a	to-infinitive	She not said here	a princess					tree rules

Example 2

The lord had pretensions about his wealth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lord	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pretensions	pretension	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 wealth	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wealth	nmod:poss
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretensions	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the lord	pretensions				about lord's wealth	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pretension=Patient

Example 3

Ignore her pretensions; she is only a servant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pretensions	nmod:poss
3	pretensions	pretension	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ignore	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 servant	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 servant	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 servant	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 servant	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	parataxis
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ignore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	her pretensions					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pretension=Theme
2	is a	present	she	a servant					tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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